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PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on October 7 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russian military to perform observation flights over Switzerland, Czech Republic, Slovakia A team of Russian inspectors will perform observation flights over Switzerland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia in a period from October 7 to 10,…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on October 4 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russia helping China to create early missile warning system, says Putin Russia is helping China to create a missile warning system, Russian President Vladimir Putin told a yearly session of the Valdai Discussion Club on Thursday. "I…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 27 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russia’s latest attack drone performs 1st joint flight with Su-57 fifth-generation plane Russia’s latest Okhotnik (Hunter) heavy attack drone has performed its first flight with the most advanced Su-57 fighter jet, the Defense…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on September 20 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russia, China develop defense cooperation plan for 2020-2021 Russia and China have developed a plan for cooperation of defense ministries for the years 2020-2021 to be approved in the near future, Russian Defense Minister Sergei…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 28 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Exclusive: China denies Qingdao port visit for U.S. warship amid tensions China has denied a request for a U.S. Navy warship to visit the Chinese port city of Qingdao in recent days, a U.S. defence official told Reuters on Tuesday, at a…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 27 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Russia’s Bastion coastal defense systems wipe out enemy warships in Baltic drills The combat teams of the Baltic Fleet’s Bastion coastal defense missile systems practiced striking enemy surface ships in drills on the Baltic coast of…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 14 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Trump says China deploying troops to Hong Kong border U.S. intelligence indicates China is moving armed forces toward Hong Kong, President Donald Trump said Tuesday amid continued mass demonstrations, Anadolu Ageny reported. "Our…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 6 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Turkey readies for action as U.S. talks on Syria safe zone struggle Deep differences between Turkey and the United States over the scope and command of a planned “safe zone” in northeast Syria raise the prospect of Turkish military action…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on August 6 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: China to counter U.S. deployment of intermediate-range missiles in Asia China will take countermeasures if the U.S. deploys intermediate-range missiles in Asia, a Chinese foreign ministry official said on Tuesday, Reuters reported. Fu…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 31 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Chinese forces gathering at Hong Kong border, White House officials monitoring escalation The White House is monitoring the sudden “congregation” of Chinese forces at the border with Hong Kong, according to reports, following another night…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 24 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: Iran warns UK against ‘starting conflict’ Iranian foreign minister, Mohammad Javad Zarif, yesterday warned the United Kingdom (UK) against “starting a conflict,” adding that he was not seeking “a confrontation”, MEMO reported. Iran was…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) – Your briefly report on July 22 in last twelve hours from BulgarianMilitary.com: China strikes secret deal to allow armed forces at Cambodian naval base - WSJ China will be able to place armed forces at a Cambodian naval base under a secret agreement the two nations have reached, Reuters reported. The agreement,…

NEW DELHI, (BM) - Indian Army is planning to make a large scale purchase of drones in order to secure the international borders, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Army Recognition. The drones to be purchased by the Indian Army will help its huge force of 1.2 million soldiers in maintaining a strong surveillance system at the borders shared…

WASHINGTON (BM) - The U.S. State Department has approved the possible sale to Taiwan of M1A2T Abrams tanks, Stinger missiles and related equipment at an estimated value of $2.2 billion (£1.8 billion), despite Chinese criticism of the deal, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Reuters. China’s Foreign Ministry said last month when the possible…

PANAGYURISHTE, (BM) - Your briefly report on June 27 in last 12 hours from BulgarianMilitary.com news team: Libya's Haftar loses main base in Tripoli in surprise blow Forces allied to Libya’s internationally recognized government on Wednesday seized the town of Gharyan south of Tripoli, home to the main supply base of eastern forces…

LONDON, (BM) - The British company Exception PCB, which manufactures printed circuit boards (PCBs) for the F-35 fighter aircraft, has been owned by the Chinese company Shenzhen Fastprint since 2013, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. The Sky News TV channel raised the question of the acceptability of the use of electronic components that are…

BEIJING (BGM) - Chinese servicemen have started a technical inspection of the second regiment set of S-400 ‘Triumf’ surface-to-air missile systems designated for their delivery to China in late July 2019, a source in military and diplomatic circles told TASS on Wednesday, learned BulgarianMilitary.com. Read more: China Expects the Second Batch…

PANAGYURISHTE, Bulgaria (BulgarianMilitary.com) - The Russian State Research and Production Enterprise Region ‘GNPP Region’, part of JSC Tactical Missiles Corporation, has completed trials and will soon begin serial production of its new APR-3M air-launched anti-submarine warfare missile, Jane`s reported. “All the trials of the APR-3M missile…

ROME, Italy (BulgarianMilitary.com) - Military analysts are blaming Chinese-made drones for deadly missile strikes on Tripoli as Libyan strongman Gen. Khalifa Haftar tries to conquer the city, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Defense News. Aircraft seen circling over the Libyan capital during nighttime raids in recent days were likely…

ZHANJIANG, People's Republic of China (BulgarianMilitary.com) - China's Navy, along with Thailand's one, launched a joint training exercise at a military port in Zhanjiang, in South China's Guangdong Province, learned BulgarianMilitary.com, quoting Navy Recognition. During the week, Chinese and Thai naval forces will exercise shooting,…